Ryan Di Corpo

Prior to joining Athens County Independent, Ryan Di Corpo was managing editor of Outreach where he won a Catholic Media Award for a months-long investigation into the violent persecution of LGBTQ refugees in East Africa. He twice represented Outreach at the White House. Most recently, he has collaborated with the National Catholic Reporter on its series investigating clergy sex abuse. He is an award-winning journalist whose writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The Guardian, Boston Magazine, U.S. Catholic and America, where he previously worked as an O'Hare Fellow. He holds a B.A. in film from Fordham University, where he was the culture co-editor of its journal-of-record, and an M.A. in journalism from Northeastern University. Di Corpo was part of a Northeastern reporting team honored at the 47th Boston/New England Emmy Awards for the best college newscast of 2023. Di Corpo was recognized at Northeastern for academic excellence and professional ethics.

Athens County Independent

Athens County Independent (ACI) is a nonprofit digital newsroom that empowers community engagement through accessible public service journalism. The coverage encompasses a variety of topics, with particular emphasis on government accountability, elections, and environmental issues. ACI is a democratically worker-directed nonprofit in which all staff have a voice in and a responsibility for the newsroom's success, and where everyone is supported, included and valued.